Longfellow Elementary: english

The shaded band is this school's normal range. If nothing about how it works changes, nearly every future year should land inside it. Zero means the typical student just meets the state standard. The small numbers under the years are how many students were tested.

Step 1 · Each year's result

For each grade tested, take the average (mean) scale score from the California Department of Education's results file, and subtract the lowest score that counts as "Standard Met" for that grade. That is the grade's distance from standard. Weight each grade by its share of the students tested, then add the grades up. Grades where the state hides the average because ten or fewer students tested are left out entirely.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,261	2382.4	− 2432	−49.6	× 117 / 453	−12.8
4	58,263	2392.6	− 2473	−80.4	× 118 / 453	−20.9
5	58,265	2434.9	− 2502	−67.1	× 120 / 453	−17.8
6	58,267	2486.0	− 2531	−45	× 98 / 453	−9.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,083	2374.0	− 2432	−58	× 100 / 444	−13.1
4	54,086	2424.4	− 2473	−48.6	× 112 / 444	−12.3
5	54,087	2459.1	− 2502	−42.9	× 113 / 444	−10.9
6	54,089	2505.4	− 2531	−25.6	× 119 / 444	−6.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,662	2365.4	− 2432	−66.6	× 119 / 439	−18.1
4	55,665	2419.9	− 2473	−53.1	× 100 / 439	−12.1
5	55,666	2478.6	− 2502	−23.4	× 110 / 439	−5.9
6	55,669	2507.2	− 2531	−23.8	× 110 / 439	−6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,759	2399.9	− 2432	−32.1	× 108 / 421	−8.2
4	55,761	2409.4	− 2473	−63.6	× 115 / 421	−17.4
5	55,763	2468.7	− 2502	−33.3	× 92 / 421	−7.3
6	55,766	2535.5	− 2531	4.5	× 106 / 421	1.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	56,014	2428.7	− 2432	−3.3	× 83 / 381	−0.7
4	56,015	2433.4	− 2473	−39.6	× 102 / 381	−10.6
5	56,016	2486.0	− 2502	−16	× 105 / 381	−4.4
6	56,017	2514.2	− 2531	−16.8	× 91 / 381	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	56,078	2368.5	− 2432	−63.5	× 93 / 346	−17.1
4	56,079	2418.1	− 2473	−54.9	× 82 / 346	−13
5	56,080	2434.4	− 2502	−67.6	× 87 / 346	−17
6	56,081	2511.8	− 2531	−19.2	× 84 / 346	−4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	56,027	2363.8	− 2432	−68.2	× 90 / 347	−17.7
4	56,028	2418.9	− 2473	−54.1	× 94 / 347	−14.7
5	56,029	2442.3	− 2502	−59.7	× 83 / 347	−14.3
6	56,030	2439.4	− 2531	−91.6	× 80 / 347	−21.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,903	2406.5	− 2432	−25.5	× 99 / 372	−6.8
4	55,904	2421.2	− 2473	−51.8	× 101 / 372	−14.1
5	55,905	2432.2	− 2502	−69.8	× 81 / 372	−15.2
6	55,906	2441.9	− 2531	−89.1	× 91 / 372	−21.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,667	2370.1	− 2432	−61.9	× 88 / 364	−15
4	55,668	2415.9	− 2473	−57.1	× 97 / 364	−15.2
5	55,669	2424.8	− 2502	−77.2	× 96 / 364	−20.4
6	55,670	2475.0	− 2531	−56	× 83 / 364	−12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −61, −43, −42, −32, −20, −52, −68, −58, −63 → −48.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 18 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2022: 32 · 2022→2023: 16 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 5 → average 13
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13 × 2.66 = 34.6. Upper limit −14.2, lower limit −83.4.

Why 2.66? It is the standard factor from quality control, the work of Walter Shewhart and W. Edwards Deming. It turns "how much the result typically changes in a year" into "how far it can wander by chance alone".

Years with no result (no state tests were given in spring 2020) are skipped: the year-to-year change runs from the last year with a result to the next one.

Step 3 · Free or reduced-price meals

The share of enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. From 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.